Index

Dave Cousins of The Strawbs and Peter Gabriel sound somewhat alike. When I was like 12 I read a review in which the third and fourth songs below were written about as being alike. This first set me on the trail of The Strawbs, who are kind of like a combination of Genesis and Jethro Tull, who, after several periods of bearing them in shame, I'm confident enough to say are two of my favorite groups, certainly my two favorite art rock groups

Beside the Rio Grande – The Strawbs

Soldier's Tale – The Strawbs

Down by the Sea – The Strawbs

Down the Dolce Vita – Peter Gabriel

That invoke the feeling of living in a town, a la “Penny Lane.” Artistically embodied populism

Moribund the Burgermeister – Peter Gabriel

Harold the Barrel – Genesis